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21 Aug 2026, 4:57 PM	Digital News Asia	4.5	UNICEF, MDEC partner to put children’s rights and safety at the heart of Malaysia’s games industry UNICEF and MDEC announced a partnership at BAGFEST 2026 in Kuching to embed children's rights and safety into Malaysia's games industry using UNICEF's RITEC (Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children) framework. MDEC CEO Anuar Fariz Fadzil said the collaboration will provide practical guidance to Malaysian studios to consider child well-being from the design stage, framing it as strengthening competitiveness rather than limiting creativity. Why: Malaysian game studios and developers building products that may reach children should expect MDEC to push RITEC-aligned design practices as part of its ecosystem support — likely influencing grant criteria, industry programs, or certification expectations. If you ship games in Malaysia, reviewing the RITEC framework now and building child-safety considerations into your design process early is cheaper than retrofitting after policy or market pressure forces it. malaysia-tech policy game-development child-safety mdec

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21 Aug 2026, 4:57 PM

Digital News Asia

4.5

UNICEF, MDEC partner to put children’s rights and safety at the heart of Malaysia’s games industry

UNICEF and MDEC announced a partnership at BAGFEST 2026 in Kuching to embed children's rights and safety into Malaysia's games industry using UNICEF's RITEC (Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children) framework. MDEC CEO Anuar Fariz Fadzil said the collaboration will provide practical guidance to Malaysian studios to consider child well-being from the design stage, framing it as strengthening competitiveness rather than limiting creativity.

Why: Malaysian game studios and developers building products that may reach children should expect MDEC to push RITEC-aligned design practices as part of its ecosystem support — likely influencing grant criteria, industry programs, or certification expectations. If you ship games in Malaysia, reviewing the RITEC framework now and building child-safety considerations into your design process early is cheaper than retrofitting after policy or market pressure forces it.